Month: September 2010
New iTunes – with Ping a music-based Social Network. I'm sceptical.
They're ditching the CD in the logo (downloads exceeded cd sales last time) and they're introducing a social network based around music. The big new feature in iTunes 10.0 is called Ping and it's for "social music discovery". Follow artists, follow your friends, or set up a private circle of friends. You can see what…
An iPhone without a contract – iPod Touch gets Facetime and new display
Rake thin, the new iPod Touch is slimmer than ever before but otherwise looks very similar. The big new features are on the inside- the Retina Display, Apple A4 chip, and Facetime. There's a forward-facing camera, a back facing one, all the app store and the new multiplayer game platform API so we can expect…
Apple Launch: Shuffle and Nano get even littler and better
Today is all about the 'Pods. The gist is they're getting smaller and better. The Shuffle Small, by god it's small 15 hours of music on one charge. 5 colours The sweetest feature may be the price - $49 dollars The Nano 46% smaller Multitouch screen Volume buttons 7 colours 24 hours of music playback…
Apple Launch: iOS 4.1 and iOS 4.2 – what's new and how long the iPads have to wait
A lot of bugs have been fixed, iPhone 3G performance bugs, proximity bugs. Then there are some newbies coming too.... here they are... HDR photos - that's High Dynamic Range Photos and to humanoids like us that means each time you take a picture it actually takes 3 photos at different exposures. Then combines them…
The X-rated Wii Game – the Mojowijo is a remote vibrator
It's not all family-friendly sports games on the the Nintendo Wii. This Wii accessory, currently in private beta (very private we hope) is a vibrator. A two-way remote controlled vibrator in fact that can send sensations over the internet. This is no simple piece of buzzing plastic, the Mojowijo really uses the capabilities of the…
Motorola unleash the Milestone 2 – pictures
Motorola today launched the Milestone 2 - an update to its square-cornered Android powerhouse from last year. It's built over the latest iteration of Android, Freyo, uses Motorola's Motoblur User Interface and has 8gb of storage, expandable up to The camera remains the same - a 5megapixel sensor, though the video recording quality has been…
Orange launches HD Voice Calling – is it necessary?
You would be forgiven for thinking high definition only mattered with images and video, but sound can be high definition too. It's just that no-one really bothered producing or enabling it on digital devices. But Orange has stepped into the breach and is now promising HD Voice on three new handsets with more to come.…
